Cancer

News 07/22/21, 00:08

Pfizer, the influential pharmaceutical corporation, is recalling 12 batches of Chantix, a popular anti-smoking medication, after detecting excessive levels of a chemical linked to cancer. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 19 released a statement to inform that Pfizer has widened the voluntary recall of Chantix, or varenicline, to ...

United Kingdom 06/18/21, 01:46

Hundreds of blood pressure pills have been recalled by health chefs on Friday, June 18, due to a serious public health risk. The drugs in question—several different types of irbesartan and losartan—were recalled from pharmacy shelves because they contain azido-tetrazole. According to some health experts, the substance is the world's ...

U.S. 04/17/21, 02:29

Helen McCrory, a British actress who appeared in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," "Skyfall," and "Peaky Blinders," has died at the age of 52, the New York Post reported. Her husband, Damian Lewis, announced that she died peacefully after a long battle with cancer. “I’m heartbroken to announce that after a ...

United Kingdom 04/12/21, 17:45

A recently published British study said during the pandemic caused by the CCP virus, there has been a considerable decrease in treatments, referrals, and detection of cancer cases. The data suggest that there are not fewer cases. Instead, there has been a reduction in the early detection of these cases, ...

U.S. 03/23/21, 18:15

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio revealed his wife's death over the weekend and thanked the many people who reached out to give their condolences, including former President Donald Trump. Arpaio told The Arizona Republic that Ava was 89 years old when she died on Saturday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. after ...

U.S. 08/04/20, 01:14

A former MSNBC producer recently resigned from her job, making her the third major news personality to leave the job in the past month, and in a stinging letter explained why she refused to work there anymore. "July 24 was my last day at MSNBC. I don’t know what I’m going ...

Inspired Stories 02/18/20, 05:41

Gabrielle Wilfong captured the happy moment when she started to dance after finishing her last chemotherapy treatment on the video to Instagram. Her family hopes this is the last treatment.  According to FOX19 NOW, eight months ago, Gabrielle was diagnosed with stage-4 brain cancer when she was just 16. She began ...

U.S. 02/15/20, 15:52

A Cleveland Clinic visitor made a simple gesture this Valentine's Day to inspire courage so that their loved one gets through treatment. "Mom be brave," along with a symbolic ribbon, was spelled out in the snow by someone at Cleveland Clinic’s main campus. “To the person who wrote it, you’ve touched our ...

Europe 02/13/20, 13:49

As the 5G phone network expands around the world, the service is beginning to raise serious questions about the implications for people's health. Switzerland is among the countries in Europe where a latent fear of radiation from antennas in the mobile service has spread. According to an article in the Financial ...

U.S. 02/03/20, 05:44

A 9-year-old Wisconsin boy, who is battling terminal cancer, received a special show of support outside his school by a group of truckers. Miguel Duran was diagnosed with a rare cancer when he was just 8. It's called rhabdomyosarcoma, which attacks soft tissue, WBAY reported. Although the cancer was going into remission ...

U.S. 12/26/19, 07:22

Crews spent all morning on 62nd Street, in Tampa turning hundreds of bags of ice into 8 tons of snow, and it was all to surprise a U.S. Army veteran. Albert Septien was moved to tears of joy, but this past year has brought tears of another kind to him.  “This year ...

Washington 12/13/19, 09:51

A second-grade teacher in Vancouver, Washington, who is fighting breast cancer, was moved to tears when a group of nearly 30 students sang Christmas carols for their beloved teacher on her front lawn on Monday night, Dec. 9. Laurie Burpee, 60, has taught for more than five years at York Elementary ...

Inspired Stories 12/13/19, 08:55

Four years ago, at a hospital in Florida, McKinley, Chloe, Ava, and Lauren were all in cancer treatment. The quartet relied on each other to complete the arduous process, and one day in 2018 they met as cancer survivors for a photoshoot. The girls, all aged 4 to 5, take a ...

Inspired Stories 12/12/19, 07:39

Chloe Cress, 12, is finally coming home after being hospitalized for 18 months at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Her father, Shawn Cress, said she had been having back pain and was limping on June 5, 2018. They went to the hospital, where a mass was found in ...

U.S. 12/07/19, 07:34

A 10-year-old Georgia boy, who beat cancer, got to ring the bell signifying the end of treatment. Bryan Thompson, of Macon, was diagnosed with cancer last year after a football injury landed him in emergency and doctors ultimately found he had cancer, 13 WMAZ reported. Although the 10-year-old shouldn’t know about ports ...

U.S. 12/03/19, 21:39

A Kentucky 10-year-old who received thousands of birthday cards during his last bout of chemotherapy has received an early Christmas present—his cancer is now in remission. Carter Matthew Willett’s family announced the news in a Facebook video, which documents his illness. In the video posted on Nov. 28, after his mother shared ...

Inspired Stories 11/27/19, 06:30

Bryan Marquez was just 10 years old when he was diagnosed earlier this year with Ewing sarcoma, a rare bone cancer. After three months of chemotherapy, the tumor failed to shrink and doctors recommended that Bryan's leg be amputated to keep cancer from spreading. Chemotherapy, as well as other treatment, continued, ...

Inspired Stories 11/26/19, 22:47

This past Monday in Baldwinsville, New York, a sweet 3-year-old girl battling a rare form of cancer got the chance to live out her dream when she was inducted as an honorary member of the Baldwinsville Police Department. Rosie Snowden, 3, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in July ...

U.S. 11/25/19, 20:13

Adam Schemm, from Wisconsin, posted a picture to his Twitter account showing the men in his family having one last beer with his grandpa before he died.  Norbert Schemm’s dying wish was quite simple: He just wanted one last beer with his sons. In a photo that has gone viral on ...

U.S. 11/20/19, 08:15

A Massachusetts teacher has opened her sweet home to one of her students after his mom recently died of cancer. Kerry Bremer from Ayer met Jake Manning, who has Down syndrome, and his single mom, Jean, more than four years ago. Bremer said that she fell in love with Jake instantly. Bremer ...